Scottish Human Rights Law Group

the Lord Ordinary confirmed that possession of a licence (in casu for the sale and supply of alcohol) was a property right and refusal of the application was a control of that property right.
Scots Courts report

the pursuers, who were owners variously of fishing rights and of land abutting a beach which lay adjacent to Dounreay nuclear power station, sought a declarator that the defender was in breach of its duties under Section 7 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 after particles of nuclear matter had been found on the beach. The pursuer claimed that their …

 
 
The prisoner complained that the cell in which he detained while on remand was grossly inadequate in living space, lighting and ventilation, that the sanitary arrangements involved ‘slopping out’, that the extent to which he was confined in his cell was excessive and that the periods of exercise and recreation outside the cell were inadequate.  An interim injunction was granted ordering the …

 
The pursuer, who obtained employment in a kitchen and restaurant at a centre frequented by children, sought to interdict the Chief Constable from disclosing information to his employer third parties to the effect that he had been questioned by police and subsequently charged with offences involving illegal sexual conduct with three young girls. He argued among other grounds, that he …

 
The Inner House denied that sexual abuse committed against a minor by a relative within the family home fell within the ambit of Article 3, noting as follows:
“Looking at the provisions of Article 3 of the Convention, which is of course headed ‘Prohibition of torture’, it is provided that no one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or …